Gambling ring

Museum number:
1-4375
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1622 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Gambling ring model of willow bark; hoop and pole game. Bound around circular frame.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
circumference 16.4 centimeters
Comment:
ref L. Sherer: The Clan System of Fort Mohave 1965/Historical Society of So. Calif. - photo on p. 31" Remarks: "Made too tight. The spaces between the strands should be greater.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling ring, accession number 1-4375, described as Gambling ring model of willow bark; hoop and pole game. Bound around circular frame.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling ring, accession number 1-4375, described as Gambling ring model of willow bark; hoop and pole game. Bound around circular frame.

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